Driving through a foreign country alone

I'm on day two of road tripping through western Bulgaria.

I'm here to get a sense of areas outside the capital for a possible future land purchase.

I'm driving through new towns, seeing new faces (and I haven't driven a manual car in years).

There's a low-level nervousness that comes with venturing into unfamiliar territory. Part of me wants to stay in my first cosy Airbnb.

But I know this feeling well.

And I know what happens when I lean into it, rather than avoiding it.

Rather than my head exploding, there's always a sense that I'm getting stronger.

I may not love every minute of it, but when I do these things, I feel that I'm becoming freer.

It's become an addictive feeling.

This is how, after years of feeling disconnected and depressed, I approached social anxiety in my twenties.

Back then, I'd feel my chest tighten walking into a room full of strangers.

I'd rehearse conversations in my head before meeting new people.

I'd get overly nervous during events with friends I was supposed to enjoy.

I reached a point where I decided I was done with this.

I'd heard of other people doing desensitisation programs to help them talk to girls.

I was going to create one for myself to overcome all the social anxiety.

I designed a program involving little social drills in London

I'd do things like asking for the time or having one-minute conversations with strangers. Also asking people if I could pet their dog.

Things that most people would think of as a bit weird, but that were perfect for desensitising myself to awkwardness around other people.

I did my own drills repeatedly for several weeks, and my confidence grew with every little interaction.

Most interactions lasted only a few seconds.

But my social freedom grew.

It was one of the most liberating and exciting times of my life.

My nervousness around people didn't disappear entirely, but it stopped controlling me.

It was the best kind of therapy I could have had.

I would have never started a career as a coach and teacher had I not done this.

Speaking up was often my issue until then. Now I can do it without breaking a sweat.

Today, I'm making my refined version of this social drills program available to you.

It's called The Fearless Program.

It's 42 days of quick social challenges with video and ongoing email guidance and other bonuses to help you rapidly expand your social confidence.

This is for you, whether you have full-on social anxiety or you're already confident enough around people but want to sharpen this skill further.

This isn't about becoming extroverted or forcing yourself to be someone you're not. It's about showing yourself how capable you are, totally at your own pace.

Most confidence courses give you theory. This one provides the actual drills you can do anywhere to rewire how you feel in social situations.

I'm running a short promotion for this course, where it's available for only $39 until Wednesday, the 5th, at 6pm ET.

Usually, this goes for $97.

After Wednesday, the price goes up.

If you've ever felt that grip of social anxiety, or you avoid situations because you don't want to feel awkward, this is how you break free.

Get The Fearless Program here (Join 40 students)

Alex